Football tee with angularly adjustable ball support

摘要

The present invention includes a ball receiving recess carried by a pivotable support structure. This support structure may be pivoted to the left or right to allow the ball receiving recess to be angulated with respect to vertical. The sides of the support structure include openings and elongated slots are formed within the football tee base aligned with the side openings in the support structure. An arm includes an elongated rod receivable within either opening in the football tee base, but rotatable with respect thereto. The arm includes an arcuate portion and an end distal from the rod including a wedge-like end having a narrow edge engaging within a seam of a football. The slots interengage with the rod of the arm to provide a limit stop mechanism, limiting the degree of lateral pivoting of the support structure.

主权项

1. An improved football tee, comprising:
a) a base supportable on a ground surface; b) a support structure supported by said base for supporting an oblate spheroidal football, said support structure including a recess shaped in partial conformance with a shape of an oblate spheroidal football adjacent a tip thereof; c) said support structure movable with respect to said base to adjust orientation of a football supported by said support structure with respect to said base; and d) a separate arm coupled to said support structure and having an end remote from said support structure and engageable with a surface of a football that is supported by said support structure, said surface engageable by said end of said arm being located further spaced from a tip of said football than portions of said football supported by said support structure, and said arm being movable with respect to said support structure.